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Effects

Methamphetamine use can be appealing, at least initially, because it produces:

* Increased alertness, motivation, and brain activity (short-term)
* Euphoria in high doses
* Weight loss (may also be an adverse effect, depending upon circumstances)
* Heightened sexual stimulation

However, the undesirable effects overpower the initial benefits with chronic use of more than a few months.

The undesirable effects of Methamphetamine use are:

* Compulsive fascination with useless repetitive tasks (see Punding)
* Severe psychological addiction
* Acne
* Depression
* Formication (false sensation of flesh crawling with bugs, with possible associated compulsive picking and infected sores)
* Amphetamine psychosis
* Erectile dysfunction
* Long-term cognitive impairment due to neurotoxicity
* Tooth decay ("meth mouth")
* Damage to immune system
* Persistent anhedonia with chronic use
* Death

I hate this drug. I've seen it destroy people's lives-- in fact, someone very close to my family was addicted to it and also had AIDS-- watching him slowly die from both issues was a horrible experience.

I've done meth a few times, back in college. The high was euphoric, but the come down was unbearable. I never got addicted because after I'd done some I felt like such crap that I didn't want to touch the stuff for a long time. Once I was up for three days on it, and that was the last time I did it. That was 8 years ago.

I've only been in the industry for about 7 and a half years now, but I've never seen such a rampage of meth addicts as I have in this past year. I hope this "trend" dies out soon.

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